Hame-tug



W. 'BO ARDMAN.

(No Model.)'

HAME TUG.

No. 392,306. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

INVENTOR:

BY" M ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALLACE BOARDMAN, OF HARRISONVILLE, MTSSOURT.

HAM E-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,306, dated November6, 1888.

Application filed November 2!), 1887. Renewed October ll, 1868. SerialNo. 287,858. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALLACE BOARDMAN, of Harrisonville, in the county ofCass and State of Missouri,have invented a new and Improved Hame-Tu gfor Harness, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a hame-tug made partly of metal and partlyofleather,and so constructed as to form a practical hame-tug with lessleather than is used in the common hametug, and whereby either the frontor rear part of the tug, if broken or worn, may be removed withoutthrowing the other away, and if one section should be worn out it can bereplaced without opening the whole tug.

- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new and improved harne-tug, showingthe end of the trace held in the hame-tug buckle. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevationof the hametug, and Fig. 3 is anenlarged transverse sectional elevation taken on line m w of Fig. 2.

I construct my new hame-tug in two sections, A B. The section A iscomposed of the plate 0, of metal, and the leather straps D D, securedone upon each side of said plate by rivets a a. The rear end of theplate 0 is formed with the cheek-pieces d d and curved bridge (2, whichforms a seat for the hinge-eye of the plate E, below described. Thecheckpieces d are perforated to receive the hinge screw or bolt F, andare formed also with the loop or billet-keeper G to hold the front endof the traces H.

The rear section, B, of the hame-tug is composed of the said metal plateE and the straps J J, of leather,secured one upon each side of the said,plate by the rivets c c. The front end'of the said plate E is formedwith the said hingeeyef, and the eye is formed at its ends with thestop-shoulders h 71 which strike against the edges of the curved bridge(1, and thus limit the hinge or folding motion of the tug.

The tug is provided at its rear end with the buckle L for holding thetrace, and at the forward end with the eye M. for connecting thehame-tug to the hame. (Not shown.)

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The plate 0, having the perforated cheekpieces ('6, formed with abillet-keeper or loop, G, in combination with the plate E, hinged to theplate 0, substantially as described.

The hame-tug hereindescribed, providedwith the plate 0, formed with thecheek-pieces d d and curved bridge (1, in combination with the plate E,formed with the hinge-eye f and stop-shoulders h, substantially asdescribed.

\VA LLAGE BOARDMAN.

Witnesses:

O. G. RELYA, A. F. SANFORD.

